dracodrago wrote:Pretty good deal if you need cards.

1 on amazon is about the same price as the 3

This is amazon

aphramet wrote:Images work for me, but $18 for cards? Even if it's a three pack, that's stupid. Heck, they're even cheaper directly from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Doomsday-Deck-Playing-Cards/dp/B007IJ11Z4

This is a 3 pack, so it's actually much cheaper than through Amazon.

nodnetni wrote:I don't think those were for sale. They were a tool to help remind people what they looked like.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards

Not only were those for sale, you can pick them up on eBay for about four bucks. Said the guy who bought a bunch of them thinking they'd be worth something today :P

Would make great stocking stuffers at Christmas, but wait, Doomsday will happen before then....never mind.

These will be deeply discounted December 22 this year if you are around to buy them.

In for a set even though I only use copags for the poker games. Yeah, I'm baller like that.

Wished it was a 4 pk, for 4 player spite and malice

Secret one-way design? You can only see the cards if they are face-up? What Tiny Flowers does this mean?

After they killed Deck Clark to stop us from ringing in the new year, I'm no longer messing with the Mayans.

$6 per deck of cards? And they're not even pinochle...

hope I get a Bee of See at the next Woot-Off, I bet these cards will be in it.

They're magic trick cards that you could also use for playing. They have extra "trick" cards... which is why they cost more than normal.

aphramet wrote:Images work for me, but $18 for cards? Even if it's a three pack, that's stupid. They're even more expensive on Amazon, about $17 for a single deck:
http://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Doomsday-Deck-Playing-Cards/dp/B007IJ11Z4

That's not cheaper. That's the same price, but for 1 pack.

It's not a bad deal, and one of my kids loves the Maya people, but I'm low on funds today.

A good way to freak out your poker playing buddies: wait until they've had their fourth or fifth drink and then swap out your regular deck with these. Guaranteed to cause weeping and soiling of pants.

gjames wrote:I went in for 9. Should make for some fun stocking stuffers if not used for Halloween.

Hey, me too! I cannot imagine a better holiday gift.

tnm(expletive deleted)n wrote:Very interested in these, but the pictures don't work for me as well! Oh well, GIYF. I'm now curious what kind of finish they have - the description just says "apocalyptic". Do they have the regular Bicycle air cushion finish? THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

They're 808's. I thought was the finish type

aphramet wrote:Images work for me, but $18 for cards? Even if it's a three pack, that's stupid. They're even more expensive on Amazon, about $17 for a single deck:
http://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Doomsday-Deck-Playing-Cards/dp/B007IJ11Z4

From your link
Bicycle Doomsday Deck Playing Cards (Black Seal)
by Doomsday Deck
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Price: $12.95


Thats 1 deck for less money than 3 decks. 3 Decks for the price of 1 is not so bad.

Apples to apples, they are $31 on Ebay shipped. Not a bad price here, if you are into that sort of thing! End of time here we come!
Ebay Doomsday Cards

I actually have an invite to a Doomsday party in December.. this is going to be the perfect Host gift!

That's a pretty good deal, as just one deck is the same price on Amazon

Tempted to buy these for a couple friends for our Deadlands game, but... meh.

PhilFR wrote:Not cheaper on Amazon! That's for one pack, not 3.

wisenekt wrote:It's only one deck of cards on Amazon, this is for three.

Yeah, caught that afterward. $17 for a pack of cards???

tnm(expletive deleted)n wrote:Very interested in these, but the pictures don't work for me as well! Oh well, GIYF. I'm now curious what kind of finish they have - the description just says "apocalyptic". Do they have the regular Bicycle air cushion finish? THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

According to Diamond Jim's own Web site, these cards have a "more expensive magic finish that serious card workers prefer".

http://www.diamond-jim.com/originals/

Agree with the previous poster who said that these are cards designed by and for magicians, but of course you can play a nice game of go fish with them if you like.

images are working again...

http://www.diamond-jim.com/originals/

These are printed at USPCC so they should be the same high quality as a deck of Bicycles. They also include a couple of gaffs especially of interest to magicians (having been designed and marketed primarily to magicians). This is a reasonable price for collectible cards, not blow-you-out-of-the-water good, but I jumped right on it and would love it if Woot carried more high-quality collectible playing cards. If you're a card magician, you can sometimes go through decks pretty quickly, between wear & tear and just having so many cards signed or torn up or whatever.

If you just want to get something to make your poker buddies "crap their pants", though, I'd go with the Karnival line of cards (expecially the Dead Eyes or Dose decks): http://karnival-inc.com/

A bit expensive, but it sure beats the crap some of the guys are using at our weekly home game.

The cards that come with the chip sets you buy now adays are cheap cardboard, if that even qualifies as cardboard. These will make shuffling much better week to week.

These look pretty cool, but not $6/each cool.

rhoprime197 wrote:They're magic trick cards that you could also use for playing. They have extra "trick" cards... which is why they cost more than normal.

Illusions, rhoprime.

With these Gob can shower his queen with diamonds. Clubs. Club sauce! He showers her with club sauce.

I'll take my chances and will wait until next year to buy these. I am sure that the price on a pack of 2012 Doomsday will be a lot lower in 2013. If there is a 2013 that is...

Dang it, I only want one pack, not 3.

lecapitan wrote:Is this a regular set of playing cards with some additional cards useful for magic tricks?

http://www.trickshopmagic.com/doomsdaydeck.html
It apears to be designed for tricks...

Broken?

does anyone else wonder why someone made a 5minute youtube video review for...playing cards

ref:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl4btRo4AGU&feature=related

Is it just me or is the ace of hearts missing?

lumpthar wrote:Secret one-way design? You can only see the cards if they are face-up? What Tiny Flowers does this mean?

In magic parlance, it means the designs on the back are oriented in a single direction (unlike most playing cards in which the designs look the same no matter which way they're flipped).

This way, a magician can ask someone to pick a card and return it to the deck--as long as they place it back the opposite as the other cards, the magician will know which card it was.

after doing a little research, it appears that there is a secret message that has been hidden in the deck. i assume one would have to arrange the cards in a particular way, but nobody has seem to found it yet.

here's a link to a video review of the deck:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl4btRo4AGU

there's a comment from the card designer regarding the secret message

panthiest wrote:Is it just me or is the ace of hearts missing?

Check your back pocket.

Magic!

gjames wrote:I went in for 9. Should make for some fun stocking stuffers if not used for Halloween.

What good are stocking stuffers when Christmas 2012 is never comming?

masterkeosk wrote:They're 808's. I thought was the finish type

I thought 808 was the design on the back of the card, which was also confusing me. Are there any card experts in the house?

[EDIT: 808 is in fact the finish http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?29780-Card-types-909-808-and-tally-ho&s=fea900bd3832f946184a8f803738fa83&p=332440#post332440]